Everton boss David Moyes: Swansea did good job to frustrate us

EVERTON boss David Moyes admits too many draws could cost his side a Champions League place this season.

EVERTON boss David Moyes admits too many draws could cost his side a Champions League place this season.

The Toffees were held to their 10th draw of the season by Swansea City yesterday, despite dominating the game against Michael Laudrup’s side.

It left Everton three points behind Tottenham Hotspur, who dropped points at Queens Park Rangers in the day’s early kick-off, in fourth place and Moyes admitted he was frustrated not to see his side take all three points.

Moyes said: “As soon as you drop points people are always going to look at you and, yeah, it could cost us if we do not turn the draws into wins.

“I’m a bit frustrated but Swansea did a good job on Chelsea in the cup in midweek and I thought they did a similar job against us.

“We needed to play a bit quicker in the final third to break them down.

“I thought we had three or four good chances but none of them were perfect, it’s not as if I can criticise any of my players for missing sitters.

“We could have played a bit better but I can’t fault my players for their efforts because they didn’t give up.”

Swansea struggled to create anything in front of goal at Goodison Park, but Moyes refused to criticise them for setting up for a point.

He added: “Apart from a good chip from Michu in the first half that Tim Howard turned onto the bar I didn’t think Swansea put us under any pressure.

“But they’ve had a hard week and it’s a great point for them.

“We are just disappointed we couldn’t turn all our good play into goals.

“We have played very well this season, but maybe we could have done with something different up front to change the game for us.”

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